Punch.



N. 852.215. PATENTBD APR. 3o, 1907.

s. BOISSBAU.

PUNCH.

APPLIOATION FILED 0012.3. 190s,

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6% 6M@ STERLING BUJSSEAU No. 852,215. PATBNTBD APRQo, 1907.

s. BGISSEAU.

PUNCH.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.3.1906.

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PUNCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed October 3,1906- Serial No. 337,225.

To a/Z whom, t nui/y concern.-

Beit known that I, STERLING BorssnAU, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State ofVirginia, have invented an Improved Punch, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in punches, and especially in thosepunches designed for use by railway ticket agents, and the invention hasfor an object to provide a novel construction whereby to simplify thework of those using punches, by combining` in one instrument a series ofpunches so that the ticket agent may make the several punches in aticket without putting one punch down and taking up another, and alsoprovide guides to aid in lining up the tickets so they may be punchedseverally at the correct points, and the invention consists in certainnovel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view,

embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating the pivotalconnection between one of the punches proper and its supporting part orjaw. Fig. 4 is an inverted perspective view of the upper jaw. Fig. 5 isa detail perspective view of the lower jaw. Fig. 6 is a cross section onabout line 7-7 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is a similar cross sectionillustrating a somewhat different construction of punch from that shownin the other figures.

Heretofore it has been necessary for agents to use separate punches,each one containing one character, and this has led not only tounnecessary expense for the multiplicity of punches,.but also leads toerrors due to the haste, and loss of time, consumed in taking up andlaying down a number of instruments. These objections I seek to overcomeby combining the several punching devices in connection with a singlepair of jaws.

In the construction shown, I employ what for convenience of reference Iterm the upper jaw A and the lower aw A2, having the handie portions cand a2, and being pivoted together at their forward ends at A3, a springD being connected at one end d2 with the l jaw A, and bearing at itsother end against the jaw A2 to force the handle ends of the jaws apart,and thus open the punch, as will be understood from Fig. l, in which theseveral punching devices are shown retracted by the operation of thespring as before described.

The jaw A is shown in detail in Fig. 4, and is made cruciform in shapewith the arms E extending laterally from the body portion E, and withthe forwardly projecting arm c, the .lateral arms E and the for\\ardlyprojecting arm c being provided with punching devices B and B3, thepunching devices B being at the opposite sides of the punch forming theopposite or side punch devices and the forward punch B3 being in advanceof such side devices B as shown in Fig. 2. The body E is slotted in itsunder side to permit the operation of the lower jaw a2, and such jaw haspivoted to it at I)2 and D, the punch menibers d2 and d3 which cooperatewith corresponding dies in the upper jaw as is common in punches. Thepunch members d are pivoted to the outer ends of arms d which extendlaterally from the lower jaw a? and preferably are upturned at theirouter ends to facilitate the pivoting of the members (Z3 thereto at D,as will be understood from the drawings.

In operating the punch, I find it desirable to apply the tickets theretoin the dotted line positions l, 2 and 3, or in the order 3, 2 and l, andit will be noticed that in the positions l and 3, the tickets, whichordinarily are of considerable length, and must be punched at dill'erentpoints along said length, are placed parallel to the direction of lengthof the punch fitting in the slots formed in the arms E and e, and toavoid any difllculty in so inserting the tickets as to punch them at theproper points, I avoid any obstructions to the space between thepunching lines of the punch so that by avoiding such obstruction theticket may be arranged in the slots #l of the side punching devices, andextend. indefinitely to the front and rear in order to permit thepunching of the ticket at any point. I also construct the punch withoutany obstructions laterally to the front punching device at B3, so theticket when arranged as shown by dotted lines 2 in TOO Fig. 2, mayextend indefinitely to both sides, the slots 4 and A5 being provided toreceive the tickets when arranged to be punched, and in order to guidethe ticket between the side punching devices and the intermediatepunching device, I provide the diagonally disposed plates C and C spacedapart to permit the passage of a ticket between them and extendingbetween the side slots I and the front slots A5, so that a ticket may beshifted from position 3 to 2 and then to position l, or in the reverseorder, from position l to 2 and then to 3, without removing the ticketfrom the punch. I/Vhen the tickets are arranged in either of thepositions 1 and 3, indicated in Fig. 2, it is desirable torv provide forguiding the same, and also for preventing any interference with thetickets by the hand grasping the handles a and a2 for operating thepunch, and to this end I provide the rearwardly projecting lugs A4extending back from the cross bar E on opposite sides of the handles aand 0.2, and operating as guides and guards in the manner which will beunderstood from Fig. 2.

In Fig. 7 I show a somewhat different construction in which the membersof the side punches are carried by levers pivoted between their ends andsupporting the punching members at their outer ends and projecting attheir inner ends into a slot in the handle 0,2 for operation thereby. Inconnection with the side punches B and the front punching device B3, Iprefer to slot the upper jaw A at A above the cross bar E', and toprovide a punch member b2 cooperating with a die B2 whereby to provide afourth punching device, as ticket agents are ordinarily required topunch a ticket with the time limit, the destination, the baggage check,and half rate, and I am able to provide for all these operations in asingle punch, as will be understood from the foregoing description andthe accompanying drawings.

What I claim isl. A punch consisting of the opposing aws pivotedtogether at their front ends and provided in rear of said pivot with thecentral punch proper and in rear thereof and at its opposite sides withthe lateral punches proper one of said jaws having a passagewayextending between the lateral punches and the intermediate forward punchand forming a guide in which a ticket may be passed from punch to punch,the jaw having said guides being provided on opposite sides of a centralline with the rearwardly projecting guide and guard lugs between whichthe hand may be passed to operate the device, substantially as setforth.

2. A punch comprising the pivoted jaws, one of which is provided withthe punching devices and the other being provided with the "diesarranged in triangular form with the intermediate die projecting inadvance of the side dies and having upper and lower plates extendingbetween the side and intermediate dies and spaced apart forming apassageway in which a ticket may be guided between the dies,substantially as set forth.

3. A punch comprising the jaws pivoted together and having therearwardly proj ecting handles and the punching devices in advance ofthe said handles, one of said jaws being provided on opposite sides ofthe handles with rearwardly extending guide and guard projections spacedapart from the opposite sides of the handles and adapted to permit theinsertion between them and the handles of the hand inoperating thepunch, substantially as set forth.

4. A punch comprising the pivoted jaws and having said jaws arrangedwith the opposite or side punching devices and with the intermediatepunching device projecting in advance of the side punching devices andhaving passageways extending between the side and the intermediatepunching devices forming guides for the ticket, the said passages beingunobstructed in rear of the side punching devices whereby the ticket maybe inserted and punched by one of the side punches and arranged at suchtime parallel to the direction of length of the'punch and then turned ataright angle to such direction and punched by the intermediate deviceand then turned to a position parallel with its first said position tobe punched by the oppo- A site side device without removing the ticketfrom its guiding passageway, substantially as set forth.

5. A punch having the opposite or side punching devices and the punchingdevice between and in advance of such side devices and having the ticketinserting slot at the side unobstructed in front and rear and the ticketinserting slot at the front unobstructed laterally whereby a ticket maybe arranged in the side slots and extend indefinitely to the front orrear on lines parallel with the direction of length of the punch and maybe arranged for operation by the front punch in a direction at a rightangle to the direction of length of the punch and extend indeiinitely tothe righ-t and left when so arranged, substantially as set forth.

6. A punch having the pivoted aws and provided with the side punchingdevices'on opposite sides of its central line and having the ticketinserting slots unobstructed at such sides whereby a ticket may bearranged between one of said side jaws and extend indeiinitely to thefront or rear in order to permit its punching at any point along itslength and then shifting to the opuposite side slot and extendindenitely to t e front or IOO IIO

rear thereof to perInit the punching of the the introduction of aVticket and provided ticket at any point along its length by the withpunching devices intersecting said slot, ro

side punch, substantially as set forth. h substantially as set `forth.7. A punch comprisina the jaws avinO' n the side punches and dies, andthe frontt i blERLING BOISSEAU' punch arranged between and in advance ofVitnesses: the side punches and having the upper jaw PERRY B. TURPIN,

slotted longitudinally from its front end for AMOS lV. HART.

